[Intro - Full drums - plodding rhythm] | A | Amaj7 | Bm | Esus4 x x E - x Esus4 x x | x 2
[Verse - Drums stop - gentle vocals - plodding downstroke muted guitar] [A] I walked across [Amaj7] an empty land [Bm] I knew the pathway like the [Esus4] back of my [E] hand [Esus4] [A] I felt the earth [Amaj7] beneath my feet [Bm] Sat by the river and it [Esus4] made me comp [E] lete [Esus4]
[Pre-chorus - HIGH NOTE SO GET READY] [F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone [D] I'm getting old and I need [D6-x00202]something to re [E]ly on [F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in [D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6]somewhere to be [E]gin (drums in)
[DRUMS BACK IN - Verse - muted plodding downstroke chords] [A] I came across [Amaj7] a fallen tree [Bm] I felt the branches of it [Esus4] looking at [E] me [Esus4] [A] Is this the place [Amaj7] we used to love? [Bm] Is this the place that I've been [Esus4] dreaming [E] of?
[Pre-chorus - open up chords] [F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone [D] I'm getting old and I need [D6] something to re [E] ly on [F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in [D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin
[Chorus - HIGH A COMING UP TO MAKE BM7 - GET READY] [Bm] So if [Bm] you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go [Bm] Talk [Bm] about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know [Bm] This [Bm] could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing [D] So why don't we go [E] Somewhere only [A]we know [D](drums stop) [E] Somewhere only [A]we kno... [D]ow? [E] (drum fill)
[Pre-chorus] [F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone? [D] I'm getting old and I need [D6] something to re [E] ly on [F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in [D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin
[Chorus] [Bm] So if [Bm] you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go [Bm] Talk [Bm] about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know [Bm] This [Bm] could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing [D] So why don't we [D] go [D] so why don't we [E] go oh oh
[Chorus - all 'only's follow same pattern going up] [Bm] ........ This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing [D] So why don't we go [E] Somewhere only [A]we know oh[D] (drums stop - slow vocals to end) [E] Somewhere only [A]we know oh[D] (melody for 'we know' is B to A) [E] Somewhere only [Bm]we [A]know
[Looping - you have to grab the G to B to C during lord I can't change bit - so you can get the solo tone ready] [Intro] [G][D][Em][Em] [F][C][D][D] [G][D][Em][Em] [F][C][D][D]
[Verse 1] [G] If I [D] leave here to [Em] morrow [F] Would you [C] still remember [D] me? [G] For I must be [D] travelling [Em] on now [F] Cos there's too many [C] places I got to [D] see
[G] If I [D] stay here with [Em] you girl [F] Things just [C] couldn't be the [D] same [G] Cos I'm as [D] free as a [Em] bird now [F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change
[F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change [F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change [F] Lord [C] knows I can't [D] change
[Interlude] [G][D][Em][Em] - [F][C][D][D] x 2
[Verse 2] [G] Bye bye, [D] it's been a [Em] sweet love [F] Though this [C] feeling I can't [D] change [G] But please don't [D] take it so [Em] badly [F] Cos the Lord [C] knows I'm to [D] blame
[G] But if I [D] stay here with [Em] you girl [F] Things just [C] couldn't be the [D] same [G] Cos I'm as [D] free as a [Em] bird now [F] And this [C] bird you'll never [D] change, oh oh oh
[F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change [F] And this [C] bird you cannot [D] change [F] Lord [C] knows I can't [D] change [F] Lord [C] help me, I can't [D] change
[G][Bb] Lord, I [C] can't change Won't you [G] fly [Bb] high [C] free bird, yeah!
